Record Stores / Switzerland / Winterthur
Ventilator Records
Record Store Est. 2010 New recordsUsed records
Digs BeatRock_n_rollSoulIndieNew_waveIndustrialElectronicHip_hopMetalPunkWorldJazzBluesFunkDiscoSoundtrackSurfReggaeDub
Winterthur's only surviving record store, open since 2010 on the former Sulzer 'Lagerplatz' industrial site; roughly 25,000 titles of new, secondhand and rare vinyl plus CDs and tapes spanning indie, punk, new wave, funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, metal, electronica and world music.
11am–5pm today
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 12pm–7pm |
| Wednesday | 12pm–7pm |
| Thursday | 12pm–7pm |
| Friday | 12pm–7pm |
| Saturday | 11am–5pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Verified · August 2026
Ventilator Records — Provenance
- Ventilator Records (own site) (Own site confirms address Lagerplatz 12, 8400 Winterthur, phone +41 79 356 52 60, email mail@ventilator-records.ch, hours Tue-Fri 12:00-19:00 Sat 11:00-17:00, founding in 2010, ~25,000 titles, and describes the genre range (60's beat, rock'n'roll, soul, indie, new wave, industrial, electronica, hip hop, metal, punk, world, jazz, blues, funk, disco, soundtracks, surf, reggae, dub).) August 2026
- Coucou (Winterthur culture magazine) (Feature interviewing Ventilator Records owner Vasco Saxer about the ongoing vinyl-sales boom, describing it as Winterthur's currently operating record shop.) July 2026
- Indiespect (Profile confirming the shop opened in 2010 as the only record store in Winterthur (after the prior shop 'Musicbox' closed in 2004), run by Vasco Saxer, covering 60's beat through reggae/dub.) March 2017
- Instagram (Active account (852 followers, 25 posts) for the shop, linked from the current own site.) July 2026
Own this store? Claim this listing · Manage this shop · Report a change